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Buffeted by the cold Pacific Ocean wind, the scraggly Lone Cypress [wiki] (Cupressus macrocarpa) in Pebble Beach, Monterey Peninsula, California, isn’t a particularly large tree. It makes up for its small size, however, with its iconic status as a stunningly beautiful tree in splendid isolation, framed by an even more beautiful background of the Pacific Ocean. 9. Circus Trees As a hobby, bean farmer Axel Erlandson [wiki] shaped trees – he pruned, bent, and grafted trees into fantastic shapes and called them “Circus Trees.” For example, to make this “Basket Tree” arborsculpture, Erlandson planted six sycamore trees in a circle and then grafted them together to form the diamond patterns. Basket Circus Tree Basket Tree (Image credit: jpeepz [flickr]) Circus Tree with Two Legs The two-legged tree (Image credit: Vladi22, Wikipedia) Ladder Tree Ladder tree (Image credit: Arborsmith) Axel Erlandson underneath a Circus Tree Axel Erlandson underneath one of his arborsculpture (Image credit: Wil
